希伯來書11:29-35

11:29 他們因著信，過紅海如行乾地；埃及人試著要過去，就被吞滅了。
11:30 以色列人因著信，圍繞耶利哥城七日，城牆就倒塌了。
11:31 妓女喇合因著信，曾和和平平地接待探子，就不與那些不順從的人一同滅亡。
11:32 我又何必再說呢？若要一一細說，基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳，和眾先知的事，時候就不夠了。
11:33 他們因著信，制伏了敵國，行了公義，得了應許，堵了獅子的口，
11:34 滅了烈火的猛勢，脫了刀劍的鋒刃；軟弱變為剛強，爭戰顯出勇敢，打退外邦的全軍。
11:35 有婦人得自己的死人復活。又有人忍受嚴刑，不肯苟且得釋放（原文是贖），為要得著更美的復活。

²⁹ By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.
³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
³² And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. ³⁵ Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.

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    「因著信」是舊約聖經的一條「紅線」，將所有舊約的人物都串在一起，不管是先知書或是歷史書，讓我們看見，這些人之所以可以成為上帝的見證人，或是代表者，都是「因著信」！

    「因著信」要告訴我們上帝揀選的奇妙，完全不是這些人的優異過人，而是上帝自己藉用這些人，來散發上帝對是人的慈愛和憐憫！若不是上帝出手拯救，人真的算不了什麼！

    「因著信」更是與基督的復活連結在一起，正如這裡所說：「婦人得自己的死人復活。又有人忍受嚴刑，不肯苟且得釋放（原文是贖），為要得著更美的復活。」

    「因著信」更是作者要激勵的受信者，讓他們知道，屬基督的人必定要為信仰受到逼迫，也惟有「因著信」才能突破眼前的困境，沒有別的路，就是要與基督同受苦，才能同復活！

    因此「因著信」與為主受苦是分不開的！